shovelware.
A haphazard collection of software assembled in terms of quantity rather than quality.
Meaning & usage
A haphazard collection of software assembled in terms of quantity rather than quality.
Traditional media content, such as printed news reports, republished hastily on the Internet without considering the needs and capabilities of that medium.
Video games of low quality
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skublō Proto-Germanic *skuflō Old English sċofl Middle English schovele English shovel Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English softwarebf. English -ware English shovelware From shovel + -ware.
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